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Xabier Vázquez-Campos, PhD
Computational biologist | Environmental microbiologist
Education
PhD in Environmental Engineering
The University of New South Wales
Sydney, Australia
2015 - 2011
MSc in Microbiology
Autonomous University of Madrid
Madrid, Spain
2008 - 2007
- Thesis: “Set-up of molecular ecology methodologies for the monitoring of microbial populations in an indirect reactor for the bioleaching of Zn from polymetallic sulfide concentrates” [in Spanish].
Licenciate in Biology
University of Vigo
Vigo, Spain
2007 - 2002
Research Experience
Visiting fellow
School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences
The University of New South Wales
Current - 2023
Senior research associate / Postdoctoral fellow
NSW Systems Biology Initiative. School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences
The University of New South Wales
2022
Research associate / Postdoctoral fellow
NSW Systems Biology Initiative. School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences
The University of New South Wales
2021 - 2017
Research associate / Postdoctoral fellow
BioGEMS group. Water Research Centre and School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The University of New South Wales
2017 - 2015
Research assistant (casual)
BioGEMS group, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The University of New South Wales
2011
Research assistant
Bioprocesses Group, Faculty of Chemistry
University of Vigo
2011 - 2010
Research assistant
Bioprocesses Group, Faculty of Chemistry
University of Vigo
2007 - 2006
Teaching assistant
Faculty of Biology
University of Vigo
2006
Teaching Experience
Courses
CVEN9855 - Water & Wastewater Analysis
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
The University of New South Wales
2020
Invited lectures
Uranium heap leaching: Microbiological aspects
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
The University of New South Wales
2012
Workshops
EMBL-ABR: Phylogenetic trees for beginners
EMBL-ABR (Sydney node).
The University of New South Wales
2019
- Node organiser and facilitator.
EMBL-ABR: Implementing Scalable Bioinformatic Workflows in Snakemake & Nextflow
EMBL-ABR (Sydney node).
The University of New South Wales
N/A
- Facilitator.
EMBL-ABR: 16S Metagenomics with Galaxy Australia
EMBL-ABR (Sydney node).
University of Sydney
2018
- Facilitator.
Long-read Data Analysis Workshop
NSW Systems Biology Initiative.
The University of New South Wales
N/A
- Organiser, trainer, facilitator.
Hands on Zotero, a free alternative to EndNote
Bioprocesses group.
University of Vigo
2011
- Organiser, sole trainer.
Supervision
Kevin Yonathan
PhD. Role: External supervisor.
University of Technology, Sydney
Current - 2019
Study of the response of microbial communities to silver nanoparticles through metagenomics.
I have also informally supervised, supported, mentored, or collaborated with a total of 21 students across multiple levels (1 Course project, 7 Honours, 12 PhD, and 1 Practicum).
Grants
BABS sequencing grant
Investigation of a phage capable of species cross-infection
School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences / Ramaciotti Centre for Genomics at
The University of New South Wales
2020
- AU$5,000 for sequencing
ResTech Support Scheme
OTUreporter pipeline coding project
The University of New South Wales
2020 - 2019
- AU$15,000
Postdoctoral writing Fellowship Grant
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School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The University of New South Wales
2015
- 0.4 FTE salary for 12 weeks
UNSW Tuition fee scholarship
N/A
Graduate Research School at The University of New South Wales
2015 - 2011
- Tuition fees for PhD program
Australian Postgraduate Award (Industry)
N/A
Australian Federal Government
2015 - 2011
- AU$27,651.00 per year for 3.5 years
Awards
SRAP Laureate 2020
N/A
Spanish Researchers in Australia-Pacific
2020
Publications
Selected peer-reviewed publications (5 out of 17). For a full list of my publications, including pre-prints and manuscripts under review, please consult my long-format CV.
Metaproteomics reveals methyltransferases implicated in dichloromethane and glycine betaine fermentation by ‘Candidatus Formimonas warabiya’ strain DCMF
Frontiers in Microbiology 13, 1035247.
N/A
2022
S. I. Holland, X. Vázquez-Campos, E. Haluk, R. J. Edwards, M. J. Manefield & M. Lee.
Community-led, integrated, reproducible multi-omics with anvi’o
Nature Microbiology 6(1), 3-6.
N/A
2021
A. M. Eren, E. Kiefl, A. Shaiber, I. Veseli, S. E. Miller, M. S. Schechter, I. Fink, J. N. Pan, M. Yousef, E. C. Fogarty, F. Trigodet, A. R. Watson, Ö. C. Esen, R. M. Moore, Q. Clayssen, M. D. Lee, V. Kivenson, E. D. Graham, B. D. Merrill, A. Karkman, D. Blankenberg, J. M. Eppley, A. Sjödin, J. J. Scott, X. Vázquez-Campos, L. J. McKay, E. A. McDaniel, S. L. Stevens, R. E. Anderson, J. Fuessel, A. Fernandez-Guerra, L. Maignien, T. O. Delmont & A. D. Willis.
Disentangling the drivers of functional complexity at the metagenomic level in Shark Bay microbial mat microbiomes
The ISME Journal 12, 2619-2639.
N/A
2018
H. L. Wong, R. A. White III, P. T. Visscher, J. C. Charlesworth, X. Vázquez-Campos & B. P. Burns.
Conference contributions
Selected abstracts presented at conferences (5 out of 10, including 3 oral presentation and 7 posters).
I have also contributed to 21 abstracts presented by co-authors at conferences.
Unusual DPANN Archaea from a radioactive legacy site
Australian Microbial Ecology Conference (AusME 2019).
Perth, WA, Australia
2019
X. Vázquez-Campos, A. S. Kinsela, M. W. Bligh, M. R. Wilkins, T. E. Payne & T. D. Waite [oral presentation].
OTUreporter: an automated pipeline for the analysis and report of amplicon sequencing data
ABACBS-2018 National Conference.
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2018
X. Vázquez-Campos, A. Chilton, J. Koval, J. J. Tree & M. R. Wilkins [poster].
New Archaea lineages from a radioactive legacy site
Molecular biology of archaea: From mechanisms to ecology (MoBA6).
Vienna, Austria
N/A
X. Vázquez-Campos, A. S. Kinsela, M. W. Bligh, M. R. Wilkins, T. E. Payne & T. D. Waite [poster].
Service
Institutional Service
- University of New South Wales
- Postgraduate student representative at the OH&S Committee of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (2013–2015).
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Professional Affiliations
- American Society for Microbiology
- Regular member (2015–Current).
- Australian Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Society
- Regular member (2018–Current).
- Australian Society for Microbiology
- Regular member (2015–Current).
- International Society for Microbial Ecology
- Regular member (2014–Current).
- Spanish Researchers in Australia-Pacific
- Co-founder (2014).
- Board member and web/IT coordinator (2014–2020).
- Regular member (2021–Current).
N/A
Conferences
- Australian Microbial Ecology conference 2022 (AusME2022)
- Plenary chair and poster judge (2022).
- 6th Australia-Spain Research Forum: Big Data
- Event registration (2020).
- 5th Australia-Spain Research Forum: 5 years Bridging Australia and Spain in Research and Academia
- Website (2019).
- 4th Australia-Spain Research Forum: Earth
- Website (2018).
- 3rd Australia-Spain Research Forum: Air
- Website and event registration (2017).
- 2nd Australia-Spain Research Forum: Light
- Website (2016).
- Australia-Spain Water Forum
- Website and event photography (2015).
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Peer Reviews
Reviewer for >10 different journals since 2016, including leading journals in their own fields, e.g., Astrobiology, Environmental Science and Technology, or Microbiome.
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For a full record as reviewer, consult my public ResearcherID profile.